gape
英 [geɪp]
- vi. 裂开，张开；打呵欠
- n. 裂口，张嘴；呵欠
词态变化
第三人称单数: gapes;过去式: gaped;过去分词: gaped;现在分词: gaping;
助记提示
1. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => chasm (from Greek khaskein / khainein "yawn, gape").
2. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => hiatus (from Latin hiare "yawn, gape").
3. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => gap, gape, yawn.
4. gap => gape.
2. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => hiatus (from Latin hiare "yawn, gape").
3. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => gap, gape, yawn.
4. gap => gape.
中文词源
gape 张口结舌地看
来自PIE*ghai, 打呵欠，张口，词源同yawn. 引申义吃惊。
英英释意
- 1. an expression of open-mouthed astonishment
- 2. a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
英文词源
- gape
- gape: [13] Gape and the related gap [14] are of Scandinavian origin. English borrowed the verb from Old Norse gapa ‘open the mouth’, which survives in modern Scandinavian languages as Swedish gapa and Danish gabe. Old Norse gap ‘chasm’ (source of Swedish gap ‘mouth’ and Danish gab ‘opening, open mouth’) was originally taken over by English in the specific sense ‘hole in a wall or hedge’; the broader modern range of meanings began to emerge in the 16th century.
=> gap, yawn - gape (v.)
- early 13c., from an unrecorded Old English word or else from Old Norse gapa "to open the mouth wide, gape" (see gap (n.)). Related: Gaped; gaping. As a noun, "act of opening the mouth," from 1530s.
考试真题
- Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to wonder if they shouldn’t have had kids, but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world: obviously their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives.
出自-2011年考研阅读原文
实用场景例句
- a gaping hole/mouth/wound
- 豁开的洞；张大的嘴；裂开的伤口
牛津词典
- He stood yawning, his pyjama jacket gaping open.
- 他敞开睡衣站着打呵欠。
牛津词典
- His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me...
- 他的秘书停止了记录，目瞪口呆地望着我。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was not the type to wander round gaping at everything like a tourist.
- 他不是那种像个游客似的四处闲逛、对什么都好奇张望的人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The front door was missing. A hole gaped in the roof.
- 前门不翼而飞，屋顶豁开了一个洞。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He that gapes till he be fed will gape till he be dead.
- 张嘴等喂,张嘴等死.
期刊摘选
- He looks down at the gape void at his feet.
- 他看著脚下张开的裂缝.
辞典例句
- Dont gape: its rude!
- 别张著嘴傻瞪著,太不礼貌了!
期刊摘选
- They gape when more are opened, exhibit profound depression of spirits , and are clearly knocked up.
- 打开的门越来越多了,他们张着嘴在那儿呆呆地看着现出没精打采和疲惫不堪的样子.
期刊摘选
- Don't gape it's rude!
- 别张着嘴傻瞪着,太不礼貌了!
期刊摘选
- They gape at me and say, " Aha ! Aha ! With our own eyes we have seen it. "
- 21他们大大张口攻击我,说:阿哈, 阿哈,我们的眼已经看见了!
期刊摘选
- His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me.
- 他的秘书停止了记录，目瞪口呆地望着我。
辞典例句